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What did Norchestra do in 2008?
The year 2008 is coming to and end, and we thought now to quickly sum up for you what we achieved during this year:
- We signed a record deal with Karl Seglem's label NorCD - We released our debut record in February 2008 followed by a release tour all over Norway - We got amazing and stunning reviews about our debutalbum "Norchestra" from norwegian and international press - We played 5 important gigs in 3 nice festivals this summer: Britannia Hall at Olavsfestdagene festival in Trondheim, Festiviteten Concert Hall at Sildajazz festival, and on the opening and closing ceremony for the Norwegian Film Festival where performed a commissioned piece composed by Alf Wilhelm Lundberg. This was before the opening film and premiere of the great movie "Den siste revejakta". - We signed a deal with German manager Birgit Kramper's Kulturkollektion, hopefully this will result in some tours and many concerts in Germany during 2009 - Last but not the least, we rehearsed and prepared a lot of new compositions that we plan to record during 2009 for our second album. We'll playing some concerts during vinterjazz 2009 in Norway, and we're preparing our first tour abroad this spring. For updates and concert schedule, remember to check out these links: www.norchestra.com www.myspace.com/norchestrax All the best, Alf & Norchestra Publisert 16 Dec 2008 av Norchestra
Norchestra signs contract with German manager Birgit Krampers "Kulturkollektion"
Birgit Kramper is a German manager for german and international artists, and she came to the festival "Kulturnatt" in Norway to see a perfomance with Norchestra in October. We agreed to sign a 1 year contract with her as a manager in Germany exlusively for us in 2009. Hopefully this will result in some tours during 2009 in Germany.
Here is the link to her website and her presentation of us in german and english: http://www.kulturkollektion.de/_site/kollektion/norchestra/_de/index.shtml For those of you that do not understand norwegian this is a great place to check out reviews, info, bios in English! Also there are 3 tracks that are not presented in our myspace pace, in other words, new music to check out. (clips from 3 tracks from our album) Best, Norchestra Publisert 15 Dec 2008 av Norchestra
Due nuove recensioni belli da Jazznytt e Nordische Musik
Here are some excerpts (in norwegian): Anmeldelse Jazznytt nr 06 2008: Norchestra: "Norchestra"
Alf Wilhelm Lundberg (g, p), Kjetil Olai Lundø (b), Tore Jamne (dr) Utdrag: "Debutinnspillingen er en lyrisk og vakker sak, hvor jazzen blandes med en slags barokktilnærming. Lundberg er en mer enn habil pianist og gitarist, og gitarspillet kan til tider minne om Jim Hall i tilnærmingen. Bassisten Kjetil Lundø og trommeslageren Tore Jamne støtter begge godt opp om Lundbergs fine spill, og platen har en fin og tilbakelent stemning. Her er det ikke om å gjøre å komme først til hundre, og det høres ut som det er viktig for bandet at hver tone skal komme godt fram.." Anmeldelse Nordische Musik September 2008 4/6 (German translated to Italian by our italian friend Dania that lives in Germany at the time (Grazie mille:) "I tre suonano bene, soprattutto Alf Wilhelm Lundberg che sia quando suona la chitarra che il piano denota una tecnica impressionante: i pezzi sono vari: a partire da uno spumeggiante pezzo di piano rivolto al pubblico (come il titolo del CD) fino ad un piú meditativo pezzo come "Deep Ocean" “Gut spielen die drei, allen voran Alf Wilhelm Lundberg, der an Gitarre und Klavier gleichermaßen beeindruckende Technik beweist.” “Die Stücke sind abwechslungsreich: Von einem perlenden Klaviermotiv nach vorn getragen etwa der Titeltrack, meditativ kommt hingegen »Deep Ocean« daher.” Hope you understand German better than we do :) We'll also post some earlier reviews translated to English soon, for those of you that do not understand Norwegian :) For those of you that want to give a nice, beautiful and artistic present to friends or family, we'd like you to recommend you to give away our debutcd. "Norchestra" is recorded and mixed in Rainbow Studio by Jan Erik Kongshaug, and has received stunning reviews from from norwegian and international press. Reviewers seem to concur that our music is highly personal and unique, and still a pleasure to listen to with its raffined mix between jazz, modern classical music and beatiful folkloristic landscapes of Norwegian nature. Our cd can be bought from platekompaniet or music box, or can be ordered on the net from our record company: www.norcd.no (arrives in less than 3 days) Enjoy! Best, Norchestra / Saluti, Norchestra Publisert 11 Dec 2008 av Norchestra
Rainbow Studio
Abbiamo cercato per un anno di registrare il nostro CD, ma non siamo riusciti a creare suono soddisfacente. Perciò abbiamo deciso di affitare il celebre Rainbow Studio a Oslo, così possiamo focalizzare tutta la nostra energia sulla musica, mentre Jan Erik Kongshaug e i tecnici dello studio si preoccupano del suono...
Registreremo nello studio subito dopo il concerto che facciamo il 20. aprile al Nasjonal Jazzscene al Cosmopolite a Oslo, ovvero il 21. e 22. aprile. Al momento stiamo contattando diverse case discografiche, per trovare le persone giuste per la nostra musica. Speriamo di suonare in Italia presto! Dopo che pubblichiamo il nostro cd ci saranno sicuramente alcuni concerti anche in Italia. Tanti saluti da Norchestra |